Literary Devices
What is the difference between a similar and a metaphor?
Similar has like/as whereas metaphor doesn't
In "The Lottery Ticket," what is the MAIN theme of the story? (one word!)
GREED
What is the plot and climax of a story?
Plot: series of events in a story, play, etc.
Climax: most exciting part, intense part
"Breaking and entering is against the law."
Is this sentence correct or incorrect? If incorrect, state what is wrong and what the right answer is.
Correct. (compound nouns)
"Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
What literary device does this example show?
Alliteration
In "The Gift of Magi," what does Jim buy for Della and what does Della buy for Jim?
Della buys Jim a chain for his watch.
What's the difference between consonance and assonance?
Consonants: repetition of constants
Assonance: repetition of vowels
"A bouquet of yellow roses lend color and fragrance to the room."
Is this sentence correct or incorrect? If incorrect, state what is wrong and what the right answer is.
Incorrect
What is wrong: lend
right answer: lends (BOUQUET SINGULAR)
"Lightning danced across the sky."
What literary device does this show?
Personification
In "The Gift of Magi," why does Della cry in the beginning?
bc of their poverty, poor
What is the difference between tone and mood?
Mood: the way AUDIENCE would feel when reading a story
Tone: when the AUTHOR projects his/her/their feelings onto a story
"The car had worked before the truck hit it."
What tense does this show?
Past Perfect
What type of irony does "Romeo and Juliet" show?
Dramatic irony
How much money does Ivan from "the Lottery Ticket" make?
$1200 "twelve-hundred a year"
What is third person limited and third person omniscient?
limited: narrator knows thoughts and feelings of ONE character
"I ate rice at dinner."
"At dinner, rice was eaten by me."
What grammar terms (TWO) do these examples show?
Active voice
Passive voice
What is the difference between paradox and oxymoron?
Paradox: contradictory statement
Oxymoron: two words contradicting each other
In "the Gift of Magi," who are the Magi and what book does the Magi come from?
2. the Bible
Explain pathos, logos, ethos.
Pathos: emotional argument
Logos: logical argument
Ethos: author's credibility
"Sahana and her brother are eating lunch right now."
What tense does this show?
Present Continuous (Progressive)